Ann Patchett: The Dutch House

安·帕切特:荷兰之家

World Book Club

社会与文化

2024-03-01

49 分钟
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Multi award-winning novelist Ann Patchett will be discussing The Dutch House. A dark modern fairytale set against the very real world of post-WWII Philadelphia, tracing the love between a brother and sister, their vanishing mother, distant father and jealous stepmother. Ann Patchett tells the story of a family over five decades with a finely balanced mixture of wit and heartbreak. (Image: Ann Patchett. Photo credit: Emily Dorio.)

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  • Hello, this is the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Harriet Gilbert.

  • Welcome to World Book Club.

  • This month we've been reading a family drama, a story of love, hatred, jealousy, vengeance and possible forgiveness spread over five decades.

  • It's called the Dutch House.

  • It's an international bestseller.

  • It's been translated into 35 languages.

  • And here to answer questions about it from BBC listeners around the world is its American author, Ann Patchett.

  • Ann, welcome to World Book Club.

  • Thank you.

  • I'm glad to be here.

  • Well, we're very glad to have you.

  • And you're speaking to us from Nashville, Tennessee, where I think you live.

  • Yes.

  • You've also got a bookshop there.

  • You own a bookshop?

  • I do.